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TIL Due to a perception that prunes relieve constipation (perceived as derogatory), distributors stopped using the word "prune" on packaging labels in favor of "dried plums"

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ADQLa TIL that in 1861, Giuseppe Garibaldi, known as hero of the two worlds and main protagonist in italian unification, voluntereed to president Lincoln and was offered a Major General's commission in the U.S. Army. With only one condition: that the war's objective be declared as slavery's abolition
YkrG TIL: Lyndon B. Johnson called his penis “Jumbo”, and would occassionally not zip up and ask a colleague if they had seen anything as big as his penis.
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